The way Nandor says ‘Guillermo de la Cruz’ before saying will you accompany me around the world in that husky, shocked, breathless, kinda desperate way I-
Nandor thirsting for Guillermo
(I know it’s not but it could be)
*Possible spoilers ahead*
Ok so *puts hands together* I gotta get this off my chest so I can do any work today. I am disappointed that Nandor and Guillermo are non-sexual soulmates according to an interview with the creators (link below). The vampires are very sexual and Guillermo is a snack and Nandor is literally friends with bennies with Laszlo so…like I know I get it, some people were pulling for an ace-y/the rare deep meaningful non-sexual friendship for them but.
The breathless desperate desire Guillermo has to please and protect and be close to Nandor feels very much like romantic pining and the many times Nandor has shown an absolutely reckless capacity to throw his life away for Guillermo and be possessive of him and care about him in a way he doesn’t care about anyone else feels romantic.
It feels romantic to me in a way that could comfortably also include a sexual component. Naturally it would give the game away to say they are falling in love and I don’t need the creators to tell me that they are. But I don’t want them to tell me they aren’t and this feels very much like that is the conceit here.
https://twitter.com/stiickerrs/status/1538974645818228737?t=vbNM_dYQgLzbNLMF805Gog&s=19
Nandor gives Guillermo an outfit to celebrate his Accession Day in.
ID: there is one image of Guillermo and Nandor standing side by side. Guillermo is wearing ornate Ottoman Empire style garb. A sash is tied around his waist securing a sword to his hip. He is looking up at Nandor a little stunned as Nandor says “you know, you look quite handsome in this outfit”. Guillermo replies with “thank you, master” as he admires Nandor’s beautiful visage. He is dressed in a regal formal outfit with a long over the shoulder robe that has beads and tassels hanging from it.
Once they start dating, Nandor calls Guillermo “sunshine” as a pet name to indicate that he is both beautiful and capable of killing him at any moment
Everything below this is mostly the wild rantings of a woman waiting for a tv show. There might be a leaked spoiler or two but mostly refers to stuff Harvey and Kayvan have said/speculation.
I think I’m going to have to write a case for and against the likelihood of Nandermo now. I’m like….did going straight from ofmd to wwdits give me unrealistic shipspectations? Did my brain go of course the people who clearly love each other but won’t admit it are romantically in love. Today alone I’ve seen a video of Kayvan doing Nandor on cameo being like ‘I love Guillermo but not in that way’ in a non-joking way and Harvey posting on Twitter that 'save your tears’ and 'both sides now’ are theme songs for Guillermo in s4. Now there’s a lot of interpretations of those songs but for me, they hit a super 'we are no longer together’ 'sliding doors’ vibe :/ Which I’m like well. Maybe this is actually a one-sided romantic pining situation.
Yes, way back in the past Kayvan said Guillermo is the best thing that’s happened to Nandor, Guillermo has everything he’s looking for in his romantic partners but can’t find and Nandor does risk his life for Guillermo (a ridiculous unheard of act for a vampire to do for their familiar) but the cameo video was posted only a year ago whereas those other statements were from a few years ago. I know that a lot of these are from Kayvan and Harvey and not like the writers/creators but they wouldn’t be allowed to post certain stuff without the go-ahead. They could both be just fucking about too Harvey does seem to very much lean on both sides in interviews of maybe Guillermo loves him but mayyyybe he doesn’t maaaybe their relationship isn’t like that whoooo knows. And I’m like. Harvey. I beg.
Kayvan’s just like let me tell you every way you could see Nandor through every prism, every possibility laid out before you BUT Kayvan has also said stuff about Nandor in the past that’s been shown to not line up with Nandor in the show. Though seemingly not cause he was trying to mislead just because that’s not how the writers wrote it.
Camera crew catching a sneaky shot of Nandor’s room 👀👀👀
When I tell you that Nandor’s room has SO. MUCH. DETAIL. Don’t know if you knew but Nandor has decorative wainscoting on the bottom half of the walls of his room and it is opulently rendered in slabs of persian marquina. I know that because I drew it up (even though it ended up being mostly in shadow. Anyway. Here is also a close up:
ID: There is a single image; a slightly ajar door is framing a view of the inside of Nandor’s room from the corridor. Inside Nandor and Guillermo are stealing a kiss, Guillermo sitting on Nandor’s coffin and Nandor standing and leaning into him. They are both in comfortable attire; Guillermo in one of his signature sweaters, slacks and slippers, Nandor in his long gold dressing gown with an intricate gothic design. Candles and an open fire light up the room with warmth as they share a moment alone.
Guillermo: Are you ready to give in, master?
Nandor *low hungry growling*: Never.
Fully NSFW ver here for all you 18+ peeps 💖:
https://twitter.com/sassy_spade/status/1528385951332204545?s=21&t=sARtqvbdAq-inp9GmVFcZQ
ID: Guillermo has Nandor tied up with deep red bondage rope and in his arms. They are engaging in light cross related bdsm. Sorry the description is minimal on this one. Since I’ve cropped the pic to hide the nsfw bits it feels like describing the situation in detail would also then be nsfw.
The Nandermo tag is looking a little pessimistic, and hopefully it’s just anxiety about S4 coming so soon after S3. Not even a full year to play in the sandbox before we get jossed! (Is jossed still a thing? I know we hate him now but has a replacement term for upending speculation in that specific way entered the fandom lexicon yet?) Anyway, why borrow trouble? Across genres, fandom has a tendency to melt down into hysterics over the littlest things sometimes. Either they’re gonna do it and if they do there will be multiple obstacles what with this being a comedy, or they won’t. In which case, depending on how they go about it, it could range from mere disappointment to cowardly backpedaling. None of us can control that by doomandglooming on the internet. Thus far they’ve done a pretty good job of turning expectations on their ear and they don’t seem like the kind of production that makes decisions from a desire to defy the fandom no matter the cost, so I personally don’t see any reason for premature disgust and betrayal.
I mean, what can you do? If they screw you, you don’t have to keep watching. Media made for profit is transactional, you can withdraw your monetary support at any time. Obviously you can’t get back the time and energy you invested, but of course you did that of your own volition and were never promised anything in return.
But again, it’s too early to start melting down. I understand the desire to prepare yourself for disappointment, especially when you’re as used to it as most fandoms are. But it seems like a really unenjoyable way to interact with a media property, and it won’t change the outcome. If it goes bad, send the message with total abandonment. Unless/until that happens, no good will come of miserable pessimism. 🤷♀️
Given what I’ve heard about the production thus far it genuinely doesn’t seem like they would swerve on fans just to be like cruel or petulant. I feel like if they didn’t get Nandor and Guillermo together it would be for other reasons like they really aren’t actually good for each other for example. Like we all love the ship and it works in this world and I want to see it done but there’s also a legitimate argument for it not being super healthy.
I know that turning or not turning Guillermo into a vampire is one of the story beats that they have confirmed as the impetus for the show’s continuation. The event of Guillermo being turned into a vampire or not is also sort of intrinsically linked to his connection to Nandor too. I’m not going to say you couldn’t decide one without the other but it would be difficult to say have them get together and have Nandor still be umming and arring on turning him.
So yeah from a narrative standpoint I’m just here to say though it hurts it being dragged out or not confirmed is likely an intrinsic part of keeping this world alive.
Just to be super super clear: I want them to get together. I think it could be done. It just wouldn’t be easy/isn’t promised.
🔥✨ WIP ✨🔥 A little light bdsm based on the openly horny looks Nandor gave Guillermo both the time he slapped him and when they were fighting. More of the wip here - https://twitter.com/sassy_spade/status/1526212370615668736?s=21&t=uprKITgKgO-TA1mF6aVo2w
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ALTTONY DALTON as LALO SALAMANCA
in BETTER CALL SAUL 6x05 - BLACK AND BLUE
